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Landlords are spending tens of thousands of dollars to fight a 3% rent cap.

Meanwhile, tenants are fighting to stay in their homes!

We’re the animators who make your kids’ favorite shows. We’re the medical professionals who keep our community healthy. We’re the teachers shaping the next generation.

We are Burbank. We built this community, and we deserve the chance to stay here.

Burbank is a tenant-majority city, but that only matters if tenants show up. 🫵🏼

Do your research. Know where the candidates stand on rent stabilization. And most importantly: VOTE. 🗳️

Rent stabilization is about keeping our neighbors housed and keeping Burbank’s community together.

💥 To read the full questionnaire, click on the linktree in our bio or click here https://www.burbanktenants.com/city-council-candidates-26 💥

Every election cycle, Burbank Tenants Union reaches out to candidates running for Burbank City Council. We try to meet with all the candidates virtually and have them fill out a housing/tenant policy questionnaire in their own words.

Our neighbors want straight answers and accountability from candidates on housing and tenant protections. We encourage you to question those who did not participate about their housing/tenant protection platforms.

We thank the candidates who made the effort to meet with us for their time.

Organized tenants stand in solidarity with organized labor! A city’s priority can be revealed by looking at where it spends most of its budget 🚨

Join your neighbors at 6:30pm on 8/25 Tuesday at Burbank city hall to tell city staff and city council that Burbank is a union city!

📣 YOUR NEIGHBORS NEED TRANSLATORS!

We urgently need volunteer translators to help reach and support even more members of our Burbank community.

If you speak another language and are able to help, please reach out to us via email with the subject line “Translator Volunteer Inquiry”.

Do you know someone who wants to help their neighbors? Share this post with them!!

The more languages we can communicate in, the more tenants we can reach, organize, and support. We’re stronger together 🏠✊🏽

Join the Burbank Tenants Union meeting tonight at 7:30pm! High rent increases? No repairs? What do you want to do about it?

Urgent request‼️ If you speak Armenian and can volunteer your time with translations, we are currently in desperate need of a volunteer who can help translate for tenants dealing with poor conditions and bad landlords. Reach out via private message on here or attend our meeting tonight.

See you there, neighbor!

You are needed to help build tenant power in Burbank!

Your neighbors are coming together because they know the only way to win is together. Is your landlord ignoring repairs despite you paying more than a third of your income on rent? Are they raising your rent despite doing little to no maintenance?

Tenants have power to fight back, learn how to organize a building. If you have any skills or are willing to learn, lend your neighbors a hand. When we all come together, we stand a chance against slumlords and speculative investors. Your rent is your power.

The work won’t get done without you. See you at our next in person meeting!

Join your neighbors at burbank tenants’ new consistent meeting spot!

There’s a lot going on! If you like to edit videos, take photos, talk policy, organize people, table events, strategize, research, canvas, AND chat with a bunch of friendly people who only have to drive 5-10 min to hang out, come to the meeting.

This work cannot get done without you. Every person that comes to a meeting, chooses to get involved, and becomes a participating member helps create a powerful movement for a better Burbank. So come by and talk, this is your union. What gets done is up to you.

See you there!

BTU’s June calendar is here, with an exciting update!!

Tomorrow there will be a screening on how tenant organizing has led to wins at Geeky Teas at 7pm! There will also be a short game of landlord bingo at the end!

Big News❗️Moving forward, in-person general meetings (second and fourth Thursdays of the month) will be held at First Christian Church in Burbank! This new location will give membership a stable and consistent space to meet as you build power in your buildings and across the city ✊🏽

On June 9th at 7pm, join your neighbors at Geeky Teas to view a screening of “Winning the First Tenant Bargained Agreement in the South.” Listen to the experiences of lead organizers and tenant leaders building power and creating material change. Learn how tenants have won even under the most hostile situations.

We’re also going to have a group discussion after and learn what Landlord Bingo is. Come on down!

Tonight the city will be voting on the budget, and will effectively lock us into another year of the big tech company Flock gathering data in our community.

There's tons of reasons to not want Flock, but for one they work with ICE. Another great reason is the MANY lawsuits other cities have had to file with Flock because Flock does pretty much whatever it wants with your data.

On top of that, there's been reports of Flock personnel, as well as Police, accessing the camera network to stalk lovers, or watch children's playgrounds. It's creepy shit!

Please, if you're able to, come speak at council and demand the Flock contract be ended now.

On Tuesday, May 19th Burbank City Council will be discussing police department spending, including current Flock contract that costs the city hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Flock is a mass surveillance company and known ICE collaborator. Make your voice heard this Tuesday by giving public comment.

Book club! 😍 Movie screening! 😍 Meeting with your neighbors! 😍 Feeding your neighbors! 😍

Lots of ways to get involved in your community with people that also want to see a better world 🙂

Come to an event this week and find community! See you there 👋🏽

We are in a cost of living crisis. Rents are rising, layoffs occur every quarter, and food is the first expense people cut back on in hard times.

This isn’t right. The people of Burbank deserve to eat. If we stand in solidarity we can show this system that no one deserves to go hungry.

We need your support. Sign up with the link below. Because in times of crisis we got us!

➡️ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGC1TWUQqJtoLdfPZ7dPEvYp7pa\_xIkDexPu1vVytvy16shg/viewform?usp=publish-editor

Your neighbors at the Burbank Tenants Union invite you to a day of food, fun, and community!

Come out this Saturday at Johnny Carson Park at 12pm-4pm

The last one was AWESOME! If you've been curious about connecting with your neighbors this is the perfect opportunity. Event is free, just RSVP to let us know you’re coming: https://actionnetwork.org/events/btu-public-picnic-5226/

See you there 👋🏽

This Saturday, come out and celebrate International Workers Day in community with a May Day themed potluck! Meet new neighbors, reconnect with old friends, and enjoy good food!!

New BTU schedule just dropped 😎

Save the date and join your neighbors for the following planned events from the end of April through mid May.

We will be tabling at Skate Oddity tomorrow. Find out how to volunteer, help pass tenant protections, and build tenant power!

More information will be shared closer to each event. Make sure you’re signed up on our mailing list to stay updated. See you there! 👋🏽

Tenants have a world to win. People are needed in this struggle, the people that make up the union are all volunteers. If you want to create the world you want to live in, show up!

See you tomorrow at BTU’s next in person meeting! RSVP for the meeting location.